Hogs or denizens of downtown?Bait and trap, put a bounty on them.
Hogs or denizens of downtown?Bait and trap, put a bounty on them.
Yeah man.
My GrandPa had a farm in Suffolk that I grew up hunting and fishing on. His stories were pretty good. No hogs but stories of scraping by and cheating hunger and death from time to time.
Before he died, he said... "You know what's the matter with kids today? They don't even know what to be afraid of." That was 1976, shortly before his death.
I can't imagine him looking around at society today.
Folks were tougher in the old days. They also had their survival instincts better tuned.
The only way I look forward to hog at my house is on a spit ir in the ground. Turns out, they're literally just over the big ridge maybe four miles away...
I'd prefer them to the denizens of downtown though. While them hogs are similarly lethal and without moral or ethical bounds, I can kill them without worrying about an article in the paper or arrest or lawsuit or marches on downtown. They're a recognized danger. They can be dealt with appropriately and without consequence. The other animals, not so much.
I always find it humorous to read what people from states without hogs say about hogs....
Our hunt club was paid a bounty for hogs on the paper company's land due to damages done by hogs... we almost lost our lease one year because we were living our lives and didnt have time to hunt much that year....
Neighbor and I were paid to trap the hogs from a botanical park back in FL... tracked a monster hog back into some neighboring orange groves, the damage that pig did was tremendous...
Think this would qualify as G&S?When they've come to you (in numbers), it borders on survival.
This is a serious problem .
Estimated Louisiana Hog Population is 700,000 (from Article)
Population of Lousiana is 4.67 million
Area of Louisiana is 52,271 square miles
That averages out to 13.4 hogs per square mile and 1 per 6.7 people.
Texas's problem is out of control.
The link below describes the current situation in Virginia as it was Published March 31 2016 .
http://www.bayjournal.com/article/v...ials_to_go_whole_hog_to_eradicate_feral_swine
If they are not in Maryland yet, they will be soon.
Hogs or denizens of downtown?
If Md was wise(yeah, right) she would have laws already in place to deal directly and immediately with feral pigs.
There are no reproducing hogs in MD, just as there are no coyotes.
The are not invading and spreading from western PA.
No, sir, not at all.
But if you do see one, give it an injection of 150 grains of lead at 2500 fps.
You need to get up to date on their claims. They may say we don't have hogs, but they've confirmed that every county has an established coyote population. They've even backed off saying there are no bobcats in western MD, although they've hesitated to say there is an established population. In their defense, there have been plenty of trailcam pics of bobcats, but I haven't seen any of hogs yet.
is it as funny as losing 100 acres to deer damage?
If anyone here has a problem with hogs, I bet many of us would be happy to offer to help eradicate them. Might even be able to use it as a fund raiser for a worthwhile charity, too!
Double that for pigs.
Have seen where a sounder decimated a 500ac vegetable field over a few weeks.... Neighbor, several friends and I had fun the last evening... and freezers full of pork.
You don't understand the damage the pigs do. They don't just eat the stuff above ground, they root and pull up the roots, your nice and neat rows will become a maze.
I personally miss all the opportunities I had for pigs, damned fun to hunt and good to eat... and sometimes generated funds for the house... But I do not feel that people are ready for the invasion... they may think they are..... hell with the complaints from people about deer eating thier rhodadendron, image when the whole yard is rooted up and those cherry trees toppled over....
is it as funny as losing 100 acres to deer damage?
I let few people on my crop damage permits because they would rather "live their lives" then shoot 20-30 deer for me in the summer a piece, so I try to do as much damage to them myself as is humanly possible.
I find it funny that people whos livelihood doesn't directly rely on farming think they understand farming. I have seen nematodes destroy a thousand acres of land in a year (thank God it want my land) and they are microbial. to destroy crops doesn't take large animals.
if and when hogs get back here they will just be another pain in the ass but not nearly as devastating as the new desert weeds that are moving north that our chemicals cant control. theres a lot to worry about in farming, hogs are just one of them.
I would be happy to discuss this privately if you are interested.